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Lissa Antonini
"Nothing in this world is as reliable as change" is a common aphorism and one we can certainly attest to as lexicographers. English speakers adapted adapt, for example, in the 15th century from the Middle French adapter, which was itself an adaptation of Latin adaptāre. That source traces back to Latin aptus, meaning "fit" or "apt." Other adaptations of aptus in English include aptitude, inept, and of course apt itself, as well as unapt and inapt.
The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT is a partnership between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. Climate-ADAPT aims to support Europe in adapting to climate change, helping users to access and...
Biodiversity plays an important role in regulating the climate, thus making a key contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, meeting mitigation targets coupled with ecosystem-based approaches is essential to avert biodiversity loss. Therefore it is impossible to address biodiversity loss without addressing climate change, but it is equally impossible to tackle climate change without addressing biodiversity loss.
Extreme weather events in recent years have increased the urgency to mainstream climate change adaptation into the different EU policy fields. There are few specific EU activities to mainstream climate change adaptation into policies for financial and insurance sectors. However many European policies related to natural disasters (see Disaster risk reduction) are very relevant to the financial and insurance sector, as they may help to prevent significant losses and financial disasters. The European Commission has also committed itself to increasing financing of climate-related activities by ensuring that at least 20% of the European budget is climate-related expenditure.
The rapid rate of climate change may overcome the natural ability of forest ecosystems to adapt. It leads to increased risk of disturbances through storms, fire, pests and diseases with implications for forest growth and production. The economic viability of forestry will be affected, mainly in southern areas of Europe, as well as the capacity of forests to provide environmental services, including changes in the carbon sink function. In 2013, the Commission adopted a new EU Forest Strategy, which responds to new challenges facing forests and the forest sector.
Climate change will generate new health risks and amplify current health problems. Both direct and indirect effects on human, plant and animal health are expected from climate change. Direct effects result from changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods. Indirect effects can be felt through changes in the incidence of diseases transmitted by insects (i.e. vector borne diseases caused by mosquitoes and ticks), rodents, or changes in water, food and air quality. The European Commission's EU strategy on adaptation to climate change is accompanied by a Staff Working Document.
The need for adapting the transport system to the impact of climate change has been highlighted since the European Commission's Adaptation White Paper (COM (2009)148). Transport adaptation is addressed through a combination of European transport, climate change and research policies. The European Union promotes best practices, mainstreaming adaptation within its transport infrastructure development programmes, and provides guidance, e.g. by developing adequate standards for construction. Action is focused on transport infrastructure, and particularly on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
Water resources are directly impacted by climate change, and the management of these resources affects the vulnerability of ecosystems, socio-economic activities and human health. Water management is also expected to play an increasingly central role in adaptation. Climate change is projected to lead to major changes in water availability across Europe with increasing water scarcity and droughts mainly in Southern Europe and increasing risk of floods throughout most of Europe.
Land use planning is identified as one of the most effective processes to facilitate local adaptation to climate change. Existing processes and tools available through the municipal land use planning process in the EU, including official plans, zoning, and/or development permits, assist in minimizing the development risks to a municipality from the predicted impacts of increased floods, wildfires, landslides, and/or other natural hazards due to a changing climate.
Case studies are flagship of the Climate-ADAPT platform. They have a comprehensive structure that covers all the key aspects in the implementation cycle of adaptation measures and are careful and specifically prepared for Climate-ADAPT by the organisation that is involved in the implementation with the support of EEA, following a set of criteria and also in collaboration with the main stakeholders. See the Case Studies Page.
First Responder Organizations: The FAA has also established separate procedures for handling ADS-B ATC authorization requests for first responder agencies. First responders' agencies should not use ADAPT, but should contact the ADAPT Helpdesk via email at adap...@faa.gov.
The combination of progressive adaptive exercises coupled with an individualized assessment can help to create the best strategy for your personal needs: athletic endeavors requiring speed; power; endurance; skill development.
As part of UConn's Environmental Corps, the Climate Corps is an academic program at UConn that is focused on service learning and work force development related to climate change adaptation at the local, community level. Visit Climate Corps
Focusing on the legal aspects of climate adaptation, living shorelines, emergency preparedness and identifying what information and tools communities need most to address the challenges of our climate change. Learn More...
Coastal municipalities are facing a significant number of challenges in planning for, and adapting to, changing weather patterns and climate change. Lack of resources and staff expertise make it more important than ever that research and support designed to assist municipalities with resiliency planning and implementation be something they can truly use. Read Report
CT Sea Grant & CLEAR work to provide information, tools, trainings & workshop opportunities to assist municipalities, businesses & residents of Connecticut in their efforts to prepare for & adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.
- Market dynamics are changing and business models will need to adapt or fail
- Massive numbers of jobs are going to be lost or transformed
- Technology capital will increasingly be a differentiator
- There will be a continuous change in the relationship between people and technology
- Climate change is increasingly leading to resource shortages, asset impairment and supply chain issues
- Climate-related effects will displace thousands of people, destroy millions of acres of land and cause potentially trillions of dollars in losses
- Significant events like COVID-19 are massively disrupting society, business and individuals
An interactive challenge in which youth must create an action plan to adapt their community. Youth engage in a reality role-play competition to act through challenges and solutions in implementing their plans, before choosing the adaptation they will implement in real life.
This is the final session of the Y-adapt curriculum. Youth create an adaptation card to capture the real world adaptation that they implemented in their community. The card is then shared to inspire other youth around the world, to inspire them to also take action.
Other applications such as Firefox and Visual Studio Code do adapt their theme to the system theme, so I think this should be doable for Obsidian as well (especially since VS Code uses Electron too).
The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center helps address climate change issues in New Jersey from emissions reduction to building adaptation and resilience by providing actionable science, planning tools, technical guidance, and support to policymakers, practitioners, and communities.
NJADAPT is a suite of free web-based data visualization and mapping tools, developed by Rutgers University. The NJADAPT tools are designed to support efforts to connect scientific climate change data with other critical information so that citizens, community leaders, residents, state and local decision makers, businesses, and others can better understand the impacts of changing climate conditions on people, assets and communities in New Jersey. The NJADAPT tools provide end users with the data needed to undertake strategies to adapt to and build resilience and preparedness in light of climate change.
Benjamin Goldberg
I am a second-year Master of City and Regional Planning student concentrating in climate adaptation and resiliency planning, with experience in sustainable food systems. I joined the Climate Corps last summer to help develop a GIS-based food waste recovery tool, and currently support community resilience through flood vulnerability analysis. I hold a B.A. from Middlebury College and a Certificate in Ecological Horticulture from UC Santa Cruz.
Nature-based Solutions are defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Their use in response to societal challenges remains underexplored in the Western Balkans and the benefits compared to conventional engineered solutions undervalued. The application of approaches that integrate ecosystems and nature more broadly into climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures are still insufficient and fragmented. Beyond the positive impact they would have on societies and improved management of disaster risks, Nature-based Solutions would benefit ecosystem functions and biodiversity as well as support climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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